Patients in the intervention group also had greater postoperative forced expiratory volume in 1second. Conclusion:Nurse-guided use of the incentive spirometer reduces the risk of pulmonary complications and hospital length of stay after cardiac surgery.doi:10.1111/ijn.13023...
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